The Pentagon on Sunday announced steps to bolster its forces in the Middle East amid Israel's non-stop bombardment of Lebanon. Pentagon spokesman Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder said the US will reinforce its "air-support capabilities" in the coming days and said Secretary of...
On Saturday, both President Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris released statements strongly backing the Israeli assassination of Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah, which was carried out using US-provided 2,000-pound bombs. President Biden said in a...
On Wednesday, former President Donald Trump pushed a narrative being spread by US intelligence officials that Iran is trying to kill him even though there's no evidence of Iranian involvement in either attempt on his life. Trump's campaign said they were briefed on...
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said Monday that Israel is setting "traps" to drag Iran into war, comments that came amid a dramatic escalation of Israel's bombing campaign in Lebanon. Pezeshkian, who is in New York for the UN General Assembly, told reporters that...
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said Monday that direct talks with the US would be possible if Washington showed that it was not hostile toward Tehran. "We are not hostile towards the US. They should end their hostility towards us by showing their goodwill in...
The US on Tuesday formally accused Iran of providing Russia with ballistic missiles and imposed new sanctions on Russian-flagged ships allegedly involved in the weapons transfers. Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced the new sanctions at a press conference in...
Gen. Michael Erik Kurilla, the head of US Central Command (CENTCOM), is visiting Israel as the US and Israeli militaries are still coordinating on the potential for an Iranian reprisal attack in response to the Israeli killing of Hamas's political chief, Ismail...
On Tuesday, Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei opened the door to talks with the US, telling the new Iranian government there was "no harm" in engaging with the "enemy." Iran's new president, Masoud Pezeshkian, pledged during his campaign that he would work...
A US official told Al Arabiya that the US helped Israel track Hezbollah rockets and drones that were fired into Israel Sunday morning. The official insisted the US assistance didn't go beyond intelligence, saying that the US was not involved in the strikes on Lebanon...
Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said Tuesday that it could be a "long" time before Iran launches its reprisal attack against Israel for the killing of Hamas's political chief in Tehran. "Time is on our side, and the waiting period may be long," said...
